(News Bulletin 247) – With the locator of companies listed in France, an exclusive from News Bulletin 247, discover these companies in Marseille and its department whose capital is open on the Stock Exchange.

The BFM Business Tour de France marks its 13th stage this Thursday. Once again, the branch is relocating to one of these regional metropolises which increasingly attract working people, demonstrating that quality of life and professional dynamism can perfectly combine. For this fourth trip of 2023, BFM Business is relocating its branch to Marseille, after Caen in October, Nice last June and Lyon in April.

A new opportunity to demonstrate how the vitality of the economic fabric of the different French regions is reflected on the stock market… Thanks to our listed company locator, a tool developed exclusively by News Bulletin 247, you can discover which listed companies are in your city, department or region.

Having been one of the main maritime ports of the Western Mediterranean since Roman times, Marseille has always developed through port activity and trade. These sectors of activity remain essential for the city today (especially since heavy industry declined sharply after the Second World War). Today, these 15 listed Bucco-Rhodan companies represent a very diversified set of activities, ranging from logistics to biotechnology and digital security.

Affluent Medical (Aix-en-Provence)

Affluent was born in 2018 from the merger of 3 companies, whose founders are the inventors or co-inventors of innovative minimally invasive implants designed to restore essential physiological functions for the treatment of heart diseases, vascular diseases and urinary incontinence.

Avenir Telecom (Marseille)

Founded in 1989 and listed since November 1998, Avenir Telecom is a designer and distributor of smartphones and accessories under exclusive license from the Energizer brand, known for its long-range phones.

Regional bank of Crédit Agricole Mutuel Alpes-Provence (Aix-en-Provence)

The Crédit Agricole Mutuel Alpes-Provence Regional Bank is one of the 39 regional banks of the Crédit Agricole group. It is located in Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes and Vaucluse, with 780,000 customers across this vast territory.

Catering International Services (Marseille)

Catering International Services is a group founded in Marseille in 1992 by Régis Arnoux, leader in camp management in extreme environments. It offers catering, hotel and facility management services (management of building facilities, editor’s note) for residents of remote living bases – typically marine oil platforms – operated by hydrocarbon, mining or still major public works projects and the armed forces.

Enogia (Marseille)

Founded in 2009, Enogia develops, manufactures and markets a range of micro-turbines dedicated to the conversion of heat into electricity, whether geothermal or industrial. The company has patented technology to miniaturize the ancient Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine mechanism – a technology developed in the 19th century. And to democratize it… Until then, ORC power plants were reserved for large-scale industrial sites. The solution proposed by Enogia thus makes it possible to recover the heat usually lost – also called waste heat. It is one of the only ones in the world to offer the conversion of waste heat at very low temperatures, from 70°C.

Financial and real estate of the Etang de Berre and the Mediterranean (Carry-le-Rouet)

Financière et Immobilière de l’Etang de Berre et de la Méditerranée (FIEBM) is a leisure group organized around 3 areas of activity, namely the rental of mobile homes and caravan sites, the operation of a parking lot on the Canebière in Marseille and the operation of a bar-restaurant. A proposed public buyout offer followed by a compulsory withdrawal was submitted last September by the majority shareholder who holds more than 95% of the company’s capital.

High Co (Aix-en-Provence)

Founded in 1990 and listed since 1996, High Co is a major player in data marketing and communication. The company has top-tier clients such as distributors Auchan, Aldi, But, Renault, Casino or brands from Bonduelle, Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Fleury Michon.

Innate Pharma (Marseille-Luminy)

The biotechnology company founded in 1999 in Marseille-Luminy seeks to improve the treatment of cancers thanks to therapeutic antibodies making it possible to better direct the immune system of patients against tumors. Its most advanced product to date is monalizumab (formerly IPH2201). Its potential convinced Sanofi to sign a first agreement in 2016 around NK cell engagers to generate and evaluate up to two bispecific candidates, currently being evaluated by Sanofi’s R&D teams and one of which is in the development phase. ‘clinical study.

ID Logistics (Orgon)

Founded in 2001, ID Logistics is a specialist in so-called “contractual” logistics (the group manages the logistics chain of its clients), for players in e-commerce, the agri-food industry and DIY. Over the years, the Orgon-based group has established itself at European level as one of the main players in contractual logistics. Through well-targeted acquisitions, ID Logistics now manages 375 sites located in 18 countries representing nearly 8 million square meters operated in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.

Currently trading at 280 euros, ID Logistics has seen its market value increase more than tenfold since its IPO in 2012 at a price of 21 euros per share. And this beautiful story was rewarded last June, with an entry into the SBF 120 – the second flagship index of the Parisian market – to the detriment of the Northerner OVH.

IDSud (Marseille)

Coming from a “Change de la Bourse” company created in 1850, the Marseille company is best known for holding 1.75% of Française des Jeux. This participation was attributed to it in the 1970s as part of a partnership with the National Lottery to distribute lottery tickets in Bouches-du-Rhône. Dividends received from the FDJ (4.6 million euros at the end of June) constitute its main source of income.

MG International (La Ciotat)

Listed on the stock market in June 2005, MG International is one of the major players in the world of swimming pools, particularly in the field of securing and treating water in public or private swimming pools.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Aubagne)

Based in Aubagne, Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a subsidiary of the German Sartorius AG whose division dedicated to biotechnology merged with the French supplier to the biopharmaceutical industry Stedim in 2007. The company was one of the most popular companies during the crisis health since it provides solutions and components to manufacturers in the pharmaceutical sector to develop their drugs and vaccines. Sartorius Stedim Biotech was even cited as a serious contender for an entry on the CAC 40. But with the improvement of the health context and the transformation of the pandemic into endemic, this demand has evaporated, to the point that the company recently warned about his results, for the second time in an exercise.

SMTPC (Marseille)

SMTPC or Société Marseillaise du Tunnel Prado-Carénage is the operator of the Prado tunnel in Marseille which has linked the A50 and A55 motorways since 1993. Vinci and Eiffage, at the head of two thirds of the shares of SMTPC, attempted a takeover bid for their subsidiary, but it failed because the minority shareholders criticized a price much lower than the real value of the company, even raised to 27 euros.

Soditech (Aix-en-Provence)

Founded in 1990 and listed on the stock market ten years later, Soditech is an integrator of mechanical, thermal and electronic subassemblies for aerospace and defense.

Verimatrix, ex-Inside Secure (Meyreuil)

Founded in 1995, Verimatrix is ​​a major player in integrated circuits and embedded software for secure transactions and applications related to digital security. The company was a pioneer in the development of the technology that defined the NFC standard, an international standard for short-range wireless communication. From now on, the group intends to position itself as a major player in software security globally.

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